White Pine Ride event returning in September

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For the sixth time, the Rotary Club of Cadillac will host the White Pine Ride next month.

The Rotary Club of Cadillac started the event six years ago to celebrate the incredible natural resource the trail is. The ride also raises around $10,000 each year. A total of 60% of those funds are contributed to trail improvements like the picnic shelter that was placed at the East 44 Road launch parking lot.

The remaining funding, 40%, goes to local Rotary charities and club operations. This year, the event will help to support the Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Heritage Trail Project. This project includes adding historical markers along the 90-mile-long trail and possibly new signage. It also could include a White Pine Trail historical sculpture near the Cadillac Trailhead.

See the full Cadillac News article here.

2022 Ride is Saturday, October 1

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The Fourth Annual Rotary Club of Cadillac White Pine Ride date will be Saturday, October 1, 2022.

We are excited staying with this later date, as we did last year, because it coincides with the beginning of the fall color season in northern Michigan. The White Pine Trail typically bursts fourth in color about this time, particularly in low-lying areas. We are adjusting the ride times to make this more of an afternoon ride, followed by a late afternoon picnic.

We are also excited to announce that the Cadillac Rotary Club has been able to donate close to $20,000 in proceeds from our first three rides to the Friends of the White Pine Trail. They are using these funds — along with others the club is providing — to build a new picnic shelter at the E. 41 Road trailhead in Cadillac. The concrete foundation was poured last fall and the shelter will be installed in April. Seen above, Paul Griffith receives a check from Rotarian Mark Lagerwey.

The Ride Committee